Help with my resume

Hi, I'm filling up a resume in order to apply for a MBA program. The problem is, I have no idea what I'm doing. I was informed I can get help here so this is what little I have.

NameAddressCell#email

OBJECTIVEGraduate and pursue in accounting.

EDUCATIONAug 2009 to May 2013College's NameCollege's addressBachelor's degree, Math, GPA 3.0Completed with research course for capstone, co-president for Outdoor club, and community service in trail maintenance and (non profit organization).

LANGUAGE SKILLSRead, write, and speak basic level of Japanese.

Edit Thank you for the help.This is my resume after the recommendation.

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Education InformationBachelor's degree, Math, Major GPA:3.2/Overall:3.0 (not 100% on the GPA, its either this or little higher.)

Relevant CourseworkAdvanced statistical analysis and calculus.

Work ExperienceAs co-president for the out door club, I send out information about when and what the events were and tried to get people to sign up for it. There was usually at least one event per month, and once a year we would do a volunteer work to help maintain trails.Most of the summers, I volunteered for a non-profit organization to help with their fundraiser. I prepared mails and whenever there would be a big local event, I would help with setting it up and serve through out the event whenever needed.I worked as lab monitor, I made sure the printer had all the necessity, whenever class showed up I made sure it was not disturbed, and reported or took care of any issue within the lab.

SkillsI took the research course for my capstone, the research was on topological method of data analysis. The research required me to learn some basic programming in statistics and topology. More specifically, R and javaplex.I can read, write, and speak basic level of Japanese.

A resume is a document that summarizes your accomplishments, not your activities.

Your objective isn't even a sentence. Objectives are generally bad/worthless.

Work history.. is there one? Presumably you've done *some* work on the side somewhere-- a summer job or internship? Assisting a professor? Paid or unpaid? These get listed in reverse chronological order, noting the title, the location, the dates (to the month/year) and anything special you've accomplished at each one. The "Outdoor club" activity can probably be spun up as a volunteer job, with all of your accomplishments listed (for example.)

If you don't have much or any, you'll need to highlight relevant coursework. I'm not sure what would constitute relevant in a Math degree when you're looking at an MBA program.

An MBA program will highly favor people with business experience-- a more tightly related Bachelors, actual work/managerial experience, etc. You have to write to that audience.

Your degree is frankly troubling to me. I know most decent MBA programs are picky, and while a 3.0 overall GPA is *fine* in terms of finding employment, if that's all you have to show, a lot of grad programs are going to be skittish. The obvious tactic (that takes a few years) is to be successful in business such that the relevance of the GPA is minimized, but another perfectly valid tactic is to break the GPA out into Major GPA and Overall GPA. You always list both (so that you don't look like you're cheating) but if your coursework in your major is higher than 3.0, that's one thing to consider. e.g.: Major GPA:3.47/Overall:3.07

In terms of organizing the document, your best bet is to do a 'recent grad' resume:

A resume is a document that summarizes your accomplishments, not your activities.

Your objective isn't even a sentence. Objectives are generally bad/worthless.

Work history.. is there one? Presumably you've done *some* work on the side somewhere-- a summer job or internship? Assisting a professor? Paid or unpaid? These get listed in reverse chronological order, noting the title, the location, the dates (to the month/year) and anything special you've accomplished at each one. The "Outdoor club" activity can probably be spun up as a volunteer job, with all of your accomplishments listed (for example.)

If you don't have much or any, you'll need to highlight relevant coursework. I'm not sure what would constitute relevant in a Math degree when you're looking at an MBA program.

An MBA program will highly favor people with business experience-- a more tightly related Bachelors, actual work/managerial experience, etc. You have to write to that audience.

Your degree is frankly troubling to me. I know most decent MBA programs are picky, and while a 3.0 overall GPA is *fine* in terms of finding employment, if that's all you have to show, a lot of grad programs are going to be skittish. The obvious tactic (that takes a few years) is to be successful in business such that the relevance of the GPA is minimized, but another perfectly valid tactic is to break the GPA out into Major GPA and Overall GPA. You always list both (so that you don't look like you're cheating) but if your coursework in your major is higher than 3.0, that's one thing to consider. e.g.: Major GPA:3.47/Overall:3.07

In terms of organizing the document, your best bet is to do a 'recent grad' resume:

But it's also perfectly acceptable to do a Chronological resume, as that's the standard for most businesses:

Contact InfoWork ExperienceSkillsEducationRelevant Coursework

Remember that a resume must be absolutely perfect-- no typos, everything needs to align cleanly, etc.

Someone unrelated from the initial question but,

What do you think about putting Work Experience & Projects in the same category? For example, if someone only has one item under "Relevant Coursework", it may look unimpressive. As a result, what if you combined them?

What do you think about putting Work Experience & Projects in the same category? For example, if someone only has one item under "Relevant Coursework", it may look unimpressive. As a result, what if you combined them?

That's OK, as long as they're still in some sensible chronological order and marked very clearly. They're obviously apples and oranges, but some courses can be a little bit work-like and certainly more applicable than others.

the capstone project is good: elaborate what the research was, maybe some challenges you faced, did you have to present/defend at the end? is the thesis available online?

the outdoor club thing is good: elaborate what your responsibilities were, how many people were involved, how frequent were the events. did you manage a budget? did you do on-campus recruiting and advertising? did you do any fundraising? do you have first aid training?

if accounting is your interest, maybe highlight those courses?

what did you do in the summers? any volunteer work? (community service i see, how many hours is that, any leadership or fundraising or organizing there?) any helping with a family business or house projects? any sports?

why do you want to do an MBA? where do you think it will get you? (i'm not saying you shouldn't, but it's good to articulate the reasons)